On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 12:09 PM, Lavolta Press <f...@lavoltapress.com> wrote:
> I don't think many FB groups are invitation only or require a private > request to a moderator to be added. But to post, you do have to join by > clicking a "Join this group" button. > > That said, FB is generally not a venue where long, substantive discussions > take place. Its tiny message boxes encourage people not to write anything > longer than two lines. You can post a longer message--the box expands to > some extent--but many people don't. The other thing about FB is that its > basic setup, the culture the company has strongly encouraged, is for people > to get torqued about how many people "like" what they say (and by extension > themselves), which also does not encourage substantive discussion. > Collecting likes is silly and juvenile, but it does appeal to something in > human nature. There is no real substitute for Majordomo and Yahoo type > groups. > > Facebook is also not really set up for ongoing discussions. With a mailing list I can filter the messages into a folder and read when I have time. On Facebook, once something scrolls past it's gone. Charlene _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
